> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 735](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33120866) of TL-2 Vol. I > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/2488-1) LSID 2488-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q62142) QID Q62142 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] > [!example] See also [[Eichler, August Wilhelm (Suppl.)|second entry]] for this author ### Author Eichler, August Wilhelm (1839-1887), German botanist, one of the driving forces behind the *Flora brasiliensis*, expert morphologist. **Abbreviated name**: *Eichler* \[standard form in IPNI: *Eichler*\] #### Herbarium and types Mainly at [[Collection B|B]] (South American herbarium), partly at [[Collection M|M]] and [[Collection G|G]]. *Ref*.: IH 2: 179. - Urban, Gesch. Berlin-Dahlem 343. 1916. - Stafleu, The great Prodromus 27. 1966. #### Bibliography and biography ADB 48: 295-298; Barnhart 1: 500; BFM 626, 2327; BL 1: 239; BM 2: 517, 6: 296, 9: 783; Bossert p. 113; CSP 7: 604-605, 9: 783, 12: 216, 14: 799; Jackson p. 543 \[index\]; Langman p. 260; LS 7710-7711; MW p. 105; NDB 4: 382; NI 585; PR 2647-2648, 10559. - Garcke, Oest. bot. Z. 37: 169-173. 1887 (also as repr., 4 p.) - Kanitz, Magy. Növ. Lapok 11: 33-43. 1887 (bibl.) - Mönkemeyer, Deut. Gärtner. Z. 11: 77. 1887 (portr.) - Müller, August Wilhelm Eichler, Kassel 1887, repr. from Bot. Centralbl. 31: 61-63, 120-128, 155-160, 188-191, 229-232, 261-263, 294-296, 325-327, 357-360; 32: 27-32, 61-63, 121-127. 1887 (portr., 5 p. bibl. by Urban). - Schumann, Ber. deut. bot. Ges. 5: xxxiii-xxxvii. 1887. - Tschirch, Flora 70: 112, 243-249. 1887. - Voit, S. B. Akad. Wiss. München Math.-Physik. Classe 17: 87-89. 1887. - Ascherson, Ann. Bot. \[London\] 1: 400-403. 1888 (bibl.) - Magnus, Abh. bot. Ver. Brandenburg 29: 1-4. 1888 (portr.) - Fischer-Benzon *in* Prahl, Krit. Fl. Schleswig-Holstein 2: 15. 1890. - Anon. \[Engler\], Bot. Jahrb. 14(4), Beibl. 32: 65-68. 1891. - Wittrock, Acta Horti Berg. 3(2): 80, 124. 1903 (portr.), 3(3): 66, 123. 1905. - Urban, Fl. bras. 1(1): 167-168. 1906. - Reynolds Green, Hist. bot. 514. 1909. - Schoute, Rec. Trav. bot. néerl. 36: 356-366. 1939 (portr.), Chron. bot. 5: 202-204. 1939 (portr.) - Bergdolt, Karl von Goebel 259 \[index\]. 1940. - Hoffmann et al., Wiss. Z. Humboldt-Univ. Berlin 14(6): 799-816. 1965. - Stafleu, Taxon 14: 199-200. 1965. - Eckardt, Willdenowia 4(2): 151-152. 1966. - Stafleu, The great Prodromus 27. 1966. - Risse, DSB 4: 306-307. 1971 (bibl.). - Mägdefrau, Gesch. Bot. 130-132, 310 \[index\]. 1973. #### Composite works - (1) Eichler was general editor of the *Flora brasiliensis* from 1869-1886 (fasc. 47-99) after having been co-editor with Martius 1861-1869. His own contributions were: |family |fase. |vol./pars |pages |*plates* |dates| |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- | |Dilleniaceae |31 |13/1 |65-120 |15-27 |15 Jan 1863| |Cycad., Conif. |34 |4/1 |409-452 |108-115 |10 Jul 1863| |Magnoliaceae-Osyris (Santal.) |38 |13/1 |121-236 |28-53 |1 Dec 1864| |Capparidaceae-Fumariaceae |39 |13/1 |237-344 |54-68 |1 Dec 1865| |Combretaceae |43 |14/2 |77-128 |23-25 |17 Apr 1867| |Loranthaceae |44 |5/2 |1-136, 134a-m |1-44 |15 Jul 1868| |Oleac., Jasm. |45 |6/1 |301-328 |83-85 |1 Aug 1868| |Balanophor. |47 |4/2 |1-74 |1-16 |1 Mai 1869| |Violaceae-Canellac. |55 |13(1) |345\_526 |69-105 |1 Oct 1871| |Crass., Droser. |58 |14(2) |377-398 |89-91 |1 Mai 1872| |Napolaeon. |105 |12(1) |495-500 |112 |15 Aug 1889| |Sapoteae (with Miquel) |32 |7 |36-118 |- |15 Jan 1863| Eichler wrote the chapters on geographical distribution of a number of other families. - (2) DC, *Prodr*.: *Balanophoraceae* 17: 117-150, 301, 321, 16 Oct 1873. - (3) EP, *Nat. pflanzenfam.* ed. 1: (a) *Cycadaceae*, II. 1: 6-23. Jun 1887 (b) *Conferae*, II. 1: 28-96. Jun 1887, 97-115. Jul 1887 (c) *Gnetaceae*, II. 1: 116-127. Jul 1887. - (4) *Editor*: with Garcke et Urban: *Jb. Kön. bot. Gart. bot. Mus. Berlin* 1-4, 1881-1886. #### Eponymy *Eichleria* M. M. Hartog (1878); *Eichleria* Progel (1877); *Eichlerina* Van Tieghem (1895); *Eichlerodendron* Briquet (1898). *Note*: *Eichleriella* Bresadola (1903) is dedicated to Bogumir Eichler (1843-1905), Polish cryptogamist. ### Publications ##### n.1649. Das Herbarium Martii **Title** *Das Herbarium Martii*. Als Manuscript gedruckt. München (C. Wolf & Sohn) 1869. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Herb. Martii*. **Notes** *Publ*.: Mar 1869 (t.p.), p. \[1\]-24. *Copy*: L. – A description of the herbarium of C. F. Ph. von Martius (now at BR). Lists also the sets of type-specimens. ##### n.1650. Blüthendiagramme **Title** *Blüthendiagramme* construirt und erläutert. Leipzig 1875-1878, 2 vols. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Blüthendiagr.* **Notes** *Vol. 1*: Apr-Mai 1875, \[i\]-viii, \[1\]-347- \[348, ind.\] p., *176 figs. Copy*: U. *Vol. 2*: Apr-Jun 1878, p. \[i\]-xx, \[1\]-575. *237 figs. Copy*: U. The 176 and 237 illustrations are woodcuts, drawn on wood by Eichler himself. *Facsimile* ed.: Eppenhain (Otto Koeltz) 1954, as above. *Copy*: FAS. *Ref*.: BFM 2377; BM 2: 517; NI 585; IDG 2291. - Stafleu, Taxon 14: 199-200. 1965. ##### n.1651. Syllabus der Vorlesungen über Phanerogamenkunde... **Title** *Syllabus der Vorlesungen über Phanerogamenkunde...* Zum Gebrauch der Studirenden. Kiel (Schwer) 1876. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Syllabus*. **Notes** *Ed. 1*: Feb-Mar 1876 (p. 4: Oct 1875), p. \[1\]-36. *Copies*: NY, U. *Ed. 2*: "Syllabus der Vorlesungen über specielle und medicinisch-pharmaceutische Botanik... als zweite, vermehrte und umgearbeitete Auflage des "Syllabus..." (Unveränderter Abdruck), Berlin (Gebr. Borntreaeger) 1880. *publ*.: Apr 1880 (p. iv: Mar 1880), p. \[i\]-iv, \[2\], \[1\]-47. *Copy*: NY. *Ed.3*: title as ed. 2, "Dritte verbesserte Auflage, " Berlin (Gebr. Borntreager) 1883, *publ*. Jun-Jul 1883 (p. iv: Mai 1883; Nat. Nov. Jul 1883). *Copy*: NY. *Ed. 4*: title as ed. 2, "Vierte, verbesserte Auflage, " Berlin (Gebr. Borntreaeger) 1886, *publ*. Feb 1886 (p. iv: Nov 1885; Nat. Nov.), p. \[i\]-iv, \[1\]-68. *Copies*: NY, PCS.